Dienstalterslisten der SS

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The SS-Dienstalterslisten (in German: Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP; English: SS Officers list) was an official listing of all SS officers of the middle and higher officer corps. They appeared in book form.

Apart from the dates of birth the lists also contained all honors and medals which the SS member had received in the First World War. Furthermore, all honors of the NSDAP and all German sport honors were noted in the SS Officers list. The NSDAP and SS number of the officer was also noted. Any membership in the Lebensborn and all SS honors were noted. The SS Officers lists served internally as the proof of the transports of the Officer corps of the SS (SS-Offizierskorps) with all respective transport data.

These SS Officers lists were meant for the addition of the SS-Stammrollen and were not for public distribution.

The first four editions (1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937) also listed all members accepted to the SS as "SS-Ehrenführer" or honorary titles in the SS (Rudolf Hess, Walter Buch and others). These were usually registered with no SS number. Rather they were assigned to as an SS-Standarte, a Oberabschnitt or a Stammabteilung.

Starting in 1936 all police officers were specified in the SS-Dienstalterslisten. From 1 December 1938 these honorary SS members were provided by the Stab Reichsführer-SS with an SS membership number.

The SS Officers lists were published until 1945 and beginning in 1942 were arranged by: Name, first name, date of birth, SS number and function.

On 1 July 1944 the Dienstaltersliste der Waffen-SS aka Officers list of the Waffen-SS appeared. In this list, only the officers of the Waffen-SS were registered. This list was not printed for the public either. The copy for the SS-Personalhauptamt was the only one made.

In January 1945 the last SS Officers list appeared. This SS Officers list was used in 1946 for the condemnation of SS members.